http://www.cnbc.com/id/40551046This morning Julian Assange turned himself into authorities in London after a warrant for his arrest was issued. A judge reportedly refused to grant him bail—which means he will remain in custody until his trial.
WikiLeaks has indicated that it will continue to operate as usual, despite the arrest of its founder.
What’s far more troubling than the arrest of Assange—which arises from very weird allegations that seems to involve sexual encounters with two women—is what appears to be a covert war against WikiLeaks.
In the course of a very short timespan, WikiLeaks loss access to Amazon, Paypal, Visa Mastercard. It’s account with a Swedish bank was frozen. In short, it’s access to financial transactions—including donations from outside supporters—that it uses to finance its operations is being shut down.
We do not know for certain what caused all these companies to turn against WikiLeaks all at once. But it is certainly suspicious and dangerous. Regardless of whether the government brought pressure to bear on these companies—something widely suspected—the closing off of WikiLeaks access to the financial system is unbecoming for the parts of the globe that once fancied themselves “The Free World.”
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